Y3D

Here is a bit of information about a new game from Black blade software called Y3D, which will be available in Spring '97.

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For a archive of more EXCLUSIVE screenshots of this excellent looking game click here

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System requirements:

• Minimum: 680Ec30/25 + 4Mb Fast RAM + AGA
• Racommended: 68030/50 + 8Mb Fast RAM + AGA
• For high-performance: 68040/40 + 8Mb or more of local Fast RAM + grafic card
• CDRom drive 2x (300kb/s)
• Amiga OS 3.x (v39+)

Supported graphic modes :

• AGA (320x240x256, 640x480x256), using display database
• Chunky to planar conversion algorithms optimized for 68030, 68030+, 68040 and 68060
• CyberGraphX support (Chunky8)
• Generic RTG is also available to support any other graphics card. (PicassoXX, Retina, Merlin, etc...)

Performance (High detail setting - 320x240x256 - pixel 1x1):

• ~5.5 fps - 68030/25 (A4000/Ec030 - AGA - C2P 68030)
• ~10 fps - 68030/50 (A1200/Bliz50 - AGA - C2P 68030+)
• ~12 fps - 68040/25 (A4000/A3640 - CyberGraphX)
• 25-50 fps - 68060/50 (A4000/Cy060 - CyberGraphX or C2P 68060)
• 16-25 fps - PowerUp 4000 060/PPC604 (IPISA - C2P 68060)

Note: the game is perfactly playable stating from ~6fps. I found that more than 16fps are useless, you cn limit the framerate to give more time to other tasks. If you have a slow Amiga You can set a variety of parameters to adatp the game for your system. Y3D runs on full multitasking.

The PowerUp card I used was quite slower than CyberStorm MK-I. I think because it was only a prototypes intended to be used for developing purposes only.

Music:

• High quality CD audio tracks - (16bit 44.1 Khz)
• SFX - 8bit (stereo or mono, not decided yet)
• Perhaps a future implementation of AHI.device

Media:

• Full-sized CDRom (680MB).

Graphics:

• Real time landscape rendering performed by 3dTIS algorithms (© Black Blade software design - Italy 1995-97)
• The flight simulator supports only 320x240 resolution (pixel 1x1 and 256 colours) and any video mode: Multiscan, PAL, DBLPal (AGA), graphic cards.
• Briefing, arming, etc, uses a 640x480 colours screen (256 colors).
• Ray-traced static graphics.
• Graphic objects VecBitmap (© Black Blade software design - Italiy 1995-97):
• normal (4Mb fast RAM)
• extended (8Mb fast RAM)
• Elevation-mapped landscapes (15km x 15km virtual size)
• Semi-transparent smoke, particle explosions
• Clouds on sky

Controls:

• Digital joystick + keyboard
• Analog joystick + keyboard
• Mouse + keyboard
• Perhaps a future implementation of the TCP/IP gameplay

Gameplay:

• Missions linked, sequential storyline
• Fun and amazingly realistic
• Dynamic adventure storyline
• Improved enemy AI

For informtion contact the authors at the following address: Francesco Leonardi , Giuliano Pochini

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